Show in the track of the storm jeffi the chicago tribune the terrible whirlwind hag doneita worst stately monarchs oi the forest lay prostrate ruin and desolation marked the path ol 01 the funnel shaped monster that had swept with resistless fury over the land destroying everything that stood in its way here and there were the scattered fragments of many a dwelling that had been the abode oi peace happiness and prosperity desolate dis parine men and women wandered among the ruins now and then there was ono who bewailed his fate with loud lamentation or bitter curse but for the most part the victims bore their sorrow in sullen ei lenco and there were not wanting those who found consolation and even cause for gratitude in the fact that their liess had been sharad in an upper room of a house that had escaped the adorm lay one of the injured how long has she been unconscious inquired the physician ever since she was picked up and brought here replied one ol 01 the watchers there seem to be no bones broken he rejoined but the shock has been severe we can only hope for the best I 1 have witnessed tho effects of many a cyclone but this one the young woman on the couch opened her eyes A cyclone ehe muttered feebly is a rotary storm of vilely extended circuit its center frequently being many miles from its outer limit or circumference this was a tornado it was not a cyclone this misuse of the term i however almost universal except among educated persons from boston said the doctor in a low tone and the watchers silently nodded |